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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the difference in the budget for the "Big Dig" highway and the actual cost of it?
(a) It was budgeted at $8.4 billion and cost over $14 billion.
(b) It was budgeted at $5.6 billion and cost over $10 billion.
(c) It was budgeted at $2.6 billion and cost over $15 billion.
(d) It was budgeted at $7.8 billion and cost over $12 billion.

2. What does Bill appreciate about his friends?
(a) Their directness.
(b) Their honesty.
(c) Their sense of humor.
(d) Their stubbornness.

3. Which university tried to make it mandatory for all freshman students to read a book about the Koran?
(a) The University of Chicago.
(b) The University of Minnesota.
(c) The University of South Carolina.
(d) The University of North Carolina.

4. What does Bill think is an example of something that the government does well?
(a) Fighting wars.
(b) Making laws.
(c) Enforcing laws.
(d) Spending money.

5. According to Bill, what would a Hillary Clinton presidency likely bring?
(a) Massive government cutbacks.
(b) A decrease in anti-terrorism measures.
(c) Massive government spending.
(d) An increase in anti-terrorism measures.

6. How does Bill view the media in the cultural battle taking place?
(a) They are trying to be on both sides.
(b) They are on the wrong side.
(c) They are on neither side.
(d) They are on the right side.

7. According to Bill, where do many social problems start?
(a) With low self-esteem.
(b) With a bad family life.
(c) With peer pressure.
(d) With lower income families.

8. As stated in Chapter 4, what has led to the decline of the network news ratings?
(a) A general lack of interest in the news.
(b) Media bias.
(c) The Internet.
(d) Boring hosts.

9. What changed the self-reliant attitude of the country?
(a) World War I.
(b) The Great Depression.
(c) World War II.
(d) Vietnam.

10. According to Bill, what type of people does not make real friendships?
(a) Unrealistic.
(b) Unselfish.
(c) Realistic.
(d) Selfish.

11. As Bill states at the end of Chapter 1, what is the primary responsibility of a parent?
(a) To give their children the tools to build a happy and successful life.
(b) To provide their children with the money and resources to build a happy and successful life.
(c) To provide their children with the money and resources to build a happy, but not necessarily successful life.
(d) To give their children tools to build a happy, but not necessarily successful life.

12. What is the basis of the Judeo-Christian philosophy that founded America?
(a) Spirituality and morality.
(b) Only spirituality.
(c) Neither spirituality nor morality.
(d) Only morality.

13. What was the original intent of the Founders of the Constitution, pertaining to religion?
(a) To have only two government endorsed religions.
(b) To have no public religion.
(c) To have no government endorsed religion.
(d) To have only one government endorsed religion.

14. What suggestion does Bill make in evaluating friends?
(a) Watch how they treat themselves.
(b) Listen to how they talk about other people.
(c) Listen to how they talk about themselves.
(d) Watch how they treat other people.

15. According to Bill, what effect does having children out of wedlock have?
(a) It does a disservice to the parents.
(b) It does a disservice to the children.
(c) It has no effect on the children or the parents.
(d) It has a positive effect on the children.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one of the following is not one of the reasonable guidelines that parents should have?

2. How many years did President Bush request Clinton's presidential records be kept confidential?

3. What kind of a problem does Bill Moyers of PBS have?

4. What does Bill think many people make excuses for?

5. Which organization did Bill take issue with after they did not get money raised in a 9/11 fundraiser?

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